Many sites (including the BBC) list in order of the number of golds, then silvers and bronzes, not the total number of medals. At the time of writing (Saturday morning UK time) South Korea have 9 golds to our 8, so they are ahead of us.

On the other hand, going by the total medal haul, we would still be 4th, behind Russia.

Of course, there are still plenty of events to come. We may go up or down (though I don't think we can catch up the USA somehow ). The main thing is that we are still near the top of the board (and ahead of France ).

United Kingdom has surged well ahead of Korea (and France!) in Gold, Silver, Bronze and Docandie figures there is a lot of cheering going on over there.

Docandie watched Andy Murray win the gold in tennis.

The following is from the Mercury News in the San Francisco Bay area:"LONDON -- Britain awoke, afraid it might all have been a dream.It wasn't: Six gold medals, including three in track and field within the space of an hour Saturday night, had given the country its best day at an Olympic Games since 1908.A country accustomed to sporting disappointment could scarcely contain its disbelief.

"Don't choke on your cornflakes," said a BBC morning TV presenter, before telling viewers that Britain, population 63 million, lay third in the medal table, behind the United States (population 310 million) and China (population 1.3 billion). "

Docandie congratulates GB on an amazingly dramatic and impressive Olympics. The home country athletes have really done Great Britain proud.Considering the difference in population size the feat is even more amazing and the team winning more gold medals (than Russia) and more medals overall than any GB olympic team in history is a great achievement.